时间管理的秘密：你的第25小时

学习，兼职，朋友，家庭……让你忙得团团转？天天精疲力竭还是有一堆事情无法按时完成？你是不是也想要第25个小时帮你解脱困境？那就一起来看看第25个小时是如何现身的？

If you’re like me, you have more than just classes to go to, more than homework assignments or textbooks to read. Besides your full-time class schedule, you have a job, maybe two, and maybe you have the added responsibility of a family too. Maybe you have to take care of grandma or watch your little sister, or maybe you’re a parent. For those of us who have very full schedules, here’s a few thoughts and ideas on managing the time we have so that you don’t fall behind, and so you can keep your sanity.

如果你和我一样，不仅是要上课、写作业、读课本，还有其他事情要完成。除了满满的课表，你还有一份、甚至两份兼职，也或许你还要养家糊口。可能你不得不照料年迈的奶奶或是不谙世事的妹妹，也或许你自己已经为人父母。对于我们这些天天忙不停的人，为了让你不落后于进度而不至于疯掉，在此介绍一些我们所知道的关于管理时间的想法和意见。

Organize and Prioritize

组织安排，分清先后

The first thing you should do when you have a lot on your plate is to separate the tasks, just like the different squares of food in a meal. Keep your work responsibilities separate from your family and school, if possible. Mixing flavors can be great at times, but sometimes it can lead to a confusing and stressful pile of goo.

当你有一堆事情等着处理的时候你应该做的第一项事情是区分任务，就如同将食物分类一样。如果有可能，把你的工作责任、家庭责任、课业责任区分开来。混在一起有时可能也不错，但是有时却会变成困窘、压力山大的黏黏一坨。

Once you’ve separated your tasks, you must prioritize. Which takes the top? School? Work? You have to decide. Once you’ve created your list of priorities, you must create a schedule.

一旦你罗列了各项任务，就一定要分清轻重缓急。那些任务是当务之急？课业？工作？你必须决定。一旦你整理出任务的先后次序，就一定要制定计划。

Keeping a schedule of events and activities is a good way to get what you need to get done, done. One of the pitfalls many of us fall into is that we rarely set a time and date to do things. This is true not just with our work but our play, too. Always wanted to take a road trip? Well, if you never set a real date, a real deadline, nothing’s going to happen. You’ll do the essay later? When? Set a date for your work, and then get it done. That doesn’t mean last minute stuff, though, things happen and sometimes we just can’t predict when Shakey the cat is going to curl over and die, the same is true for grandma.

事事有计划是个很好的方法来确保你完成需要完成的事情。我们常常陷入的误区之一就是很少设置具体实施的时间和日期。这不仅仅是针对我们的工作还有我们娱乐的时间。总是想去自驾游？如果你不制定一个真正的日子，一个真正的截止日期，这旅行就永远走不成。你晚些再写文章？什么时候？给自己的工作设定个时间，然后就去完成它。这并不意味着临时抱佛脚，虽然计划没有变化快，世事难料，谁知道猫咪Shakey会不会蜷缩着死掉，同样的事情也可能发生在奶奶身上。

Just Do It

说做就做

Once your schedule is set up, once you’ve given yourself predetermined time slots to get different types of work done, you have to do it, which can be the most difficult part. I tend to lose focus because I often feel overwhelmed at all I need to do. Read for Tuesday and Wednesday, write the assignments, work on the post, don’t forget the forms for work, remember to call the bank because they screwed up your transaction, grade a stack of papers because you’re a teacher’s assistant, and don’t forget to call about that party you were invited to, but I forgot about it anyways, until just now.

计划制定，一旦你给了自己不同任务完成时间的底线，你就一定要着手去做，虽然这可能是最困难的部分。我常常坚持不来，因为我总是觉得对于所有这些要做的事情有点不堪重负。周二周三阅读、写作业、写帖子，不要忘记工作上的表格、记得给银行致电（谁让他们搞砸了你的转账）、身为助教还要批改那一沓卷子、而且不要忘记打电话联系邀请你的那个派对，但是我还总是忘记，至今仍然如此。

Some of us may want to create a “To-do” list and if it works for you, then by all means but not everybody is the same. For me, these lists can lead to stress, especially when we’re crunching for time. Having a list of all the things we need to accomplish can add to the feeling of being over worked, I mean seriously, look at how long that list is. Use “to-do” lists if it works for you, and be sure to give yourself enough time on each task so that you don’t fall behind and get into “stress mode.”

我们中有些人可能希望写个“待完成事宜”清单，如果这个对你有作用，当然可以，但是并不是每个人都适用同样的方法。对于我来说，这些清单只能给我更多的压力，特别是当时间紧缺的时候。有一个所有待做事情的清单可能会增加超额工作的感觉，说真的，看看那单子有多长呢。如果适合你就用“待做清单”，确保给自己足够的时间去做每件事情，保证自己不至于落后，进入“压力模式”。